Broken vacuum pulley
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Well, I finally got around to doing the vacuum pump today after work. I will say that it was one of the easiest things I've done in the engine compartment!!
Took the serpentine belt off, disconnected top radiator hose (just to get more room), squeezed in there with small wrenches and got the old pump off. Switched over the pulley onto the new pump with the puller I borrowed from Autozone, put the new vacuum pump on, new serpentine belt on, and 1 hour 20 minutes later the truck was back on the road. I did not have to drain radiator, remove fan, and all that good stuff like the manual says!!!
Thanks for all the help guys!!!
Took the serpentine belt off, disconnected top radiator hose (just to get more room), squeezed in there with small wrenches and got the old pump off. Switched over the pulley onto the new pump with the puller I borrowed from Autozone, put the new vacuum pump on, new serpentine belt on, and 1 hour 20 minutes later the truck was back on the road. I did not have to drain radiator, remove fan, and all that good stuff like the manual says!!!
Thanks for all the help guys!!!
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Thats funny, I just had this problem last week, however the pump and pulley stayed straight, so no need for a new pulley or belt, guess I was lucky!
I didnt do all that crap the book says, just removed belt and got to work, thats why shops make so much money, no offense to anyone who does it for a living, but all that extra work is figured into the time it should take to do a job.
It was a pain in the *** to stop my truck, no skids in my drawers, but you should have seen my girlfriend reaching for the brakes on the passenger side when she realized what was going on just after it happened!
I didnt do all that crap the book says, just removed belt and got to work, thats why shops make so much money, no offense to anyone who does it for a living, but all that extra work is figured into the time it should take to do a job.
It was a pain in the *** to stop my truck, no skids in my drawers, but you should have seen my girlfriend reaching for the brakes on the passenger side when she realized what was going on just after it happened!
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